Edward Moore: Herring

Edward Moore was English dramatist and writer. Explore interesting quotes on herring.
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“The maid who modestly conceals
Her beauties, while she hides, reveals;
Give but a glimpse, and fancy draws
Whate’er the Grecian Venus was.”

The Spider and the Bee. Fable x.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“But from the hoop’s bewitching round,
Her very shoe has power to wound.”

The Spider and the Bee. Fable x.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Time still, as he flies, brings increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.”

The Happy Marriage.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Can’t I another’s face commend,
And to her virtues be a friend,
But instantly your forehead lowers,
As if her merit lessen’d yours?”

The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat. Fable ix.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)